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The Washington critic., 1887-05-16
PROPOSALS.
FOR THE BLANKS,

PROPOSALS. FOR THE BLANKS,
i BLANK BOOKS, AND PRINTED MAT.
TER FOR THE TRANSACTION OF
MONEY-ORDER BUSINESS. Postofiice
Department, Washington, d, e., May IL, 1887.
SEALED PROPOSALS will be received at
this Department until Saturday, the 18th day
of June, 1857, at 12 o'clock m. for furnishing
in such quantities and ut such times, and
from time to time as they may be ordered, all
the blanks, blank books and printed matter
to be supplied to postmasters by the Post.
master General, or used In his Department
for the transaction of the money order busi-
ness during period of four years, commenc.
ing on the Sd day Of September, 1887.
The Public Printer and the Chief of the Bu-
reau Of Engraving and Printing. OF the Treas.
ury Department are respectively required by
law to submit estimates for this work In COM
petition with other bidders.
Blank forms of bids, with samples of print
ed blanks. sample leaves of certain
CT the bound blanks and blank books, and
full specifications will be furnished upon ap-
plication to the superintendent of the Money
order system, Postotiice Department, Wash
inGton, d. G.
The Postmaster. General reserves the right
to reject any or all bids and to waive techni-
cal defects.
WILLIAM +. Villas,
Postmaster General.
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,,1,...MAsnINGToN. d. o.. May 0, 1881

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Notice Is hereby given that the regular an
uunl meeting of the stockholders Of the Capt.
tol, North Street and South Washington
hallway Company for tho purpose of elccting
seven (1l directors will be held Mt the office of
the company, corner Third and B sts = W, on
saturday, May II, iss7, between the hours of
4 and o'clock y m Of said day. The book3
for the transfer of stock will be closed from
the it'll to the lith. inclusive
CHAs. WHITE, President. :
W. L. BoUGHToN, Secretary.
r<yssMRS. NJ. ID. LINCOLN'S ME-
W. mortal poem on James A. Garfield,
dedicated TO Mrs l.. II. Garfield, Is on sale at
wsstands.
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FOR THE CONsTRUC-

TIoN OF SEWERS, DisTRiCT OF co;
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., May Z, 1851. Sealed
proposals Will be received at this Office until
IL O'clock IN. of WEDNESDAY, May IL, 1887,
District of Columbia, terra Gotta pipe sewers,
from l2 TO "a inches In diameter, and brick
and concrete sewers. Blank forms Of propo-
this oiilce, together with all necessary infor.
nation, and bids upon these forms will only
be considered. The right Is reserved to re-
ject any and all bids or parts OF bids.
WILLIAM LUDLOW,
Engineer Commissioner, ID. q.
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DANORAMA OF Battle of Bull Run,
i 10Th ST., two blocks south of Pa. ave.
The most realistic battle scene ever painted.
Lighted at night by 800 electric lights. Open
from q. m. TO 10 p. m. On Sundays half price.
The Washington critic., 1887-05-16

TnE handsome Sunday Gazette yes
terday contained an interesting nc.
count Of the jolly time enjoyed by the
California Pioneers at Marshall Hall
Saturday. The RepHblic yesterday
also devoted large space to n graphic
narration Of the reunion, and the
Baltimore Sun this morning gives the
gathering OF the "old Forty.nincrs" n
generous send of.
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Edward thornton by Inc legislative
committee of the debt conference so
scales down the consols the ten-forties
and the past due coupons as to make
the annual interest account about
$500, eco, the whole debt to bear three
per cent. interest. There is a difference
of about So 600, 600 in the principal Of
the debt between this proposition aud
that of the English bondholders. The
vote which is to decide the matter will
be taken in the Senate tomorrow on
Mr.. Rhea's amendment 10 the State
Constitution. The Richmond Dispdtch,
however, in view Of the fact that the
Legislature can make no settlement
which that body can guarantee to be
final one, recommends that the ques.
tion as 10 which proposition shall be
accepted be submitted to the people at
a special election two or three months
before the regular election, and thus
clear the track for the fall races. 1t
says:
A vote of the people will clear up the polit.
ical sky. We shall all know Just where we
stand. VIII they ratify the bondholders'
propositions Then who dare say them nay.
viii they reject IT. Then all the world will
know that 1t is not the fault of the Demo
cratic party but the pleasure OF the people,
that Virginia has so long had this troublesome
matter before the courts and the public.
THE building season in Chicago
opens badly, II 1t may be said to have
opened at all. The brlcklayers and
stonecutters begin by striking for a
Saturday pay day, and the Master Ma
sons Association respond by ordering
alockout. it's unfortunate all around
and especially so for worklngmen, who
are losing time and incurring debt and
discomfort for their families. 1t would
seem as II this condition of affairs
might have been averted by timely
forethought on the part of employers
and employees, on the principle that an
ounce Of prevention is worth pound
of cure, but as too often happens, the
opening of the season approached with
serious misunderstanding and disagree
men,s, and the usual consequences
must ensue, unless the International
BricklayeTs' Union come to the rescul
and refuse TO countenance the strike.
The Interstate Commerce act re-
quires that the railroad companies shall
have their schedules of rates and fares
"plainly printed In large type, OF at
least the size Of ordinary plea.
Heretofore these schedules have been
printed In agate or nonpareil, and the
printing is an expensive item to the
roads. The consequence Of the new
regulation Is boom for the type.
founders, aud the Chicago foundriea
are said TO have turned out nearly
10000 pounds, in order to meet the
unexpected demand. 1t is needless to
remark that the type-fouoders look
upon the law as a good thing.
UNLESS he is hit with brick or
some other equally effective projectile,
Editor O'Brien viii speak tomorrow
at Toronto, on Wednesday at Kings.
ston, and on Thursday at Ottawa. His
mission Is not against the Marquis of
Lansdowne as Governor. General,
but against the Marquis of Lans.
dowDe as an Irish landlord, with
the incidental result, of course, OF still
furfI or imnlicatino the Rritiah Govarp
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SPECIAL NOTICES.

.|Ssx SUBSCRIPTIONS su FOR the pun
~ lie concerts TO be given by the Ma
tiOnal Rifles Band in the different public
parks of the city, Will be received at the Star
Otite and ut MetZsrott'.. g03 Pa ave n W.
sSfs-sTHE CiiEsAPEAkE and OHIO
b-t Railway are selling tickets to Louis
vile. sl'.Ui; Cincinnati, sig; 81. Louis, SiI,
and other through points at less rates than
the other lines, thus giving passengers lowest
price. Most beautiful route; best acconmo-
datons CAL at the company's office, 5i3 Pa
ave, for tickets and slceping'car reservations.
r~ss@NOTICE TO WATER TAKERS.
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ment 10 a system of coercion which
means the permanent cnslavement Of
Ireland. 1t is an aulaclous orrand on
which he Is bent; by some 1t will be
called scditlous; but the Irish patriots
are oil built that way. They must
dare much II they expect to do.
TuE article which appears in The
CRiTic 10 day from Mr.. Tomlinson,
formerly of the North Carolina press,
contains much information relative to
the romantic story of Peter s. Ney
which has not hitherto appeared. The
writer commits himself to no theory In
the case, but shows quite clearly that
the North Carollnians who still insist
that the old school master was the
vcriiable French Marshal in exile have
excellent grounds for their belief
The Washington critic., 1887-05-16

EMOuR, Restaurateur and Caterer,
IL will furnish estimates on application for
weddings, parties, sociables, banquets, etoc;
Every facility as first class caterer. Call
or address LIE MoUR, 3l2 sth st n W.
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pROF, sHELDON,s FORrIETH AN

DROF. sHELDON's FORTIETH AN
i nual May Ball will take place on Mon
day, May II, Sp. m at National Rifles Hall,
tionalities will be introduced: American,
English, French, Spanish, Italian, German,
Russian, Polish, Neapolitan, Scotch, irish,
Tickets, 5Oc. and 81, at the Academy, lOOi
street n w,
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w be sold at bargain II applied for i'm
medlately, the good will and portion OF the
furniture Of II well,established and centrally
located hoaIdlng,house doing good bust
The Washington critic., 1887-05-16

TX TO 100 Carriages For Saie-A
- very large stock Of Carriages, buggles
and wagons, both new and secondhand, of
all descriptions. WIN, +. GEYER, iG0 La ave.
No trouble 10 show goods,
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WANTED HElp...FEmslE,

The fOiiOig'Hg class or entertainments, sue
"a Wants, For Sale or Rent and similar sDdl
notices, JOur lines or less, one tine, % cents
tHO fiiiss, 40 cents, three times, 81 cents.
The Washington critic., 1887-05-16
HEwETr & KIDDER, Managers.

g. MARINI'S Annual Floral May
IL. Festival and Ball will take place at
Masouic Hail, FRIDAY EVENING, May 20.
Doors open at 8 p, IN, Grand March at $50 y.
m. Tickets 81, to be had at the Hall, OF from
Members of the Class,
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EOH SALE-Nucnnt Lot on q It, Bo-
II tween l2th and 18Th SITS II W. Inquire at
Al39 18th st n W.
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III II. yoUSG's STEAM CARP Er-
L. Cleaning and Renovating Works.
Feathers renovated, mattresses made over,
furniture steamed and moths destroyed iies
Pa ave n W, Factory, corner OF 9TH and
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SPECIAL NOTICE TO LADIES.-Every at
tention will be raid to the comfort of ladies
who wish to witness this Great Contest be-
tween these two CHAMPIONS OF THE
WORLDS MOST SKILLFUL GAME. and to
insure seclusion the maj agement will re-
serve Section A, with separate entrance from
18th ST., for the special use of ladies and their
escorts.
Workmen's advocate., 1887-01-29

scorned" said William Shakespeare who probably knew whereof the spoke, as the sequel will show. Shortly after the Doctor and his wife had embarked for Europe, the capitalist papers published scrio.comic account of how Dr, AveImg had spent Sj0 for cigars and Mrs. Ave- ling half that amount for cOrSagc bouquets. Here was q mouthiul of gos- sip sweeter than chewing gum for the demure little lady "anarchist.' So she wrote an article containing the story of the cigars and bouquets, warning people against Socialism, signed it "Gertrude B. Kelly" and sent it to little paper out West whose religion it is to "do good;' and thus the pretty woman who was de- nied the privilege of telling q New Haven audience what she knew about "anarchy'
 after ten o'clock at night, had her le- vengc, INFATUATED
Workmen's advocate., 1887-01-29
HAPPY GERTRUDE.
Youthful of Gossip That Was Sweet.
 CT Than ChcWing.Gum.

Last Summer, in the beautiful "City Ems, a party of workingmeu ar lnged for q lecture on Socialism by Dr. yelling and his wife, and invited num- IT of citizens to come and hear what he i'd to say. The audience consisted of en and women i'll various walks of life,
 the number of about three hundred. ated near the platform was pretty tie woman with bright eyes and intelli- nt face, who listened with some atten- n to the lecturers, as well as tu the hiSperS of some male companions
 When the lecturer had finished, the airman announced that as there were CIV minutes to spare, those of the .dience who wished might intcrrogatc speaker, One of the pretty little Jmans companions, however, thought change the program by moving that @ floor be given to his demure fricud. no had come all the way from Hobokcn annihilate socialistic ideas. and d ntnn- T of young men who were recognized
 anarchists seconded the motion. ne chairman politely informed the.p ntlemen that the motion was out of der, and that the audience could nOt ange the program, but stated that at me future time the lady would be fur shed a platform if she desired.
 This, of course, frustrated the delicate conceived plan of the little hand of anarchists, and questions were then led in accordance with the invitation
 the chairman, and promptly answered
 the Doctor, including one or two estions put by the pretty little piece of emure feminimity, whose ambitious esire to take the stump was so ruthleSsiy neckmated by the memorable chairman, hose sense of the eternal fitness of rings" was DO doubt greater than m- ,dmiration for dulcet anarchy from tte ruby lips of pretty woman.
 Hell knows no fury like a woman
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DIRECTORY OF ANERICAN SECTIONS

BntpoyroHr, CoNN Meeting at Excelsior liar muuir Hall. Organizer > Seller, i2S Main street. Bo-rox, MAS- organizer, H. W Brown. Kirk. laud street. BUFFALO. \ N.-Meetu& every Monday at fS3 Michigan street Organizer, th Forth, a55 Front avenue uNsrtoap, CoN> -organizer Robert Pyue 2st Asylum street KANSAS Crw Meeting every Friday evening it Tphruvr's Hall, COP 18th street and Grand avtuuc. Secretary nr lurrttta Hammond, i305 Nalnui street Mi>Nr,rolJ> MINN. -OTganistr X l.. Gardner. 3HW 24th street south. Nku NoEk Meeting every first aud third Mon day, ai Free Socialist Library and Meeting Ruow. lA Eighth strrgt. NFw HNFN, CoN> Meeting at Trades Council llaG. Organizer, II. il. Lane, r Q. Drawer f03 rm.AnflruA >-0reaniaer, T. de Bruyu. lSaa tamiAc street, Flemish >r,tjon meets First Sunday muruinE
 in each month at Comradt C. F,ntyu'S, IiS ~. ath >trrot. seAgrsr, \ N.-organizer w,n. Iippylt. eIw. FNc,ic street.
 .S- The several organizers are requested to complete this list aud to report regularly OH changes being made.
Workmen's advocate., 1887-01-29
TALKING ABOUT SOCIALISM, '
\ Dilettante Economist "Educating'
 Theological students.


 The theological students at Yale md such citizens as desired to avail themselves of the privilege, had an opportunity last Wednesday, of lis .ening to Rev. Washington Gladden. IS he discoursed upon "SoclalIsm' lis idea of what scientific socialism seemed rather foggy, considering he means now at the disposal of In- ,estigators to study it. While the tentleman admitted that Socialist riticisms of the present system of ocioty were in many respects just, le denied that all the strIcturcs of socialists were just, though he dId lot take the trouble to point out the jnjust criticisms. He said that So ialists ignored the functions Of the hind in their economy. That some uch notion as brawn above brain uns through all the specuIatIons of 5ociahsts. Yet this critic acknowI- dged that Socialist propositions nust be set aside, "lf at all, by can i'd consideration and fair argu- lent.
 What his conception of candid onsideration is may be judged by he straw puppets he sets up and nocks down, for instance; "Thc ocalistic economists gnorc or be- tile the function of mind III pro- action." Socialism "mNkcs no ef- Drt to secure the ethical develop ent of men, And so for these naginary reasons he declines to Ike q part in the organlzatlon of ciety on a soclalistic basis. Social ts, if they believed, us he pretcnds } believe, probably wouldn't be - ocialists.
 There is one thing that doesn't ok honest in the arrangement of le Lyman Beecher lectures. If the tculty really want the students to aar what Socialism and Socialists can, they can find capable and .obably available men to eXpound le theories, such as Dr., Geo. (. yebeling, of New York, and Dr. dolph Donai. The students them- Ives, if they possess ordinary in 'lligence, cannot value the opinions { merely well-mcaning men upon objects they apparently do not un- erstand.
Workmen's advocate., 1887-01-29
LABOR LITERATURE.

A kNtGur oT LAHon~The Dawn of Real Freedom .., ............... ...,. .. ... Capital on TrtnI, l........... .....,... ANTI syLrAnrs and ron srnANa KuLro.... $oO3 BEBHL ArGu.r Social Democratic Deputy in the Reiuhstag, w oman in the Past, Present and Future ......-........... 30 BuRNs, JunN The Man with the Red Flag, CARPENTER Nnw, ,-Desirabe Mansions,...
 Social Progress and h.
 dividual Effort ......,. DouAG DR. A-Botter Times, 20 pagcs.,.. .o5 FREE TRADE IN DRINK--An argument for curing National Drunkenness by ahol- ishing the licensing system. ..........,. 10 GEonGE HENRY Progress and Poverty,
 Cloth, 33C paper. 20
 Social Problems, Cl,35c.
 paper .,..........,,. 20
 The Land Question, Cl,
 25c., paper. .,....... 10
 Property in Land ..,,. 10 GRoNtrNp, LArRGNcE-1he Cooperative Commonwealth; an Exposition of Mod ern Socialism, Cloth, 1hc., paper,....... .25 Iyrs, GrYoI English and French Morality, 30 UAMN> oV PEoGEfss A collection of songs dealing soDely with the largest and simplest aspects of human life, human love, human hope. Cloth, l5c., paper. 10 HYNpNAN, II. M, Socialism and Slavery. 20
 Socialism aud SnithiSm, 10
 Emigration Fraud. .....
 Social RuCunstruCtiuhs
 of Engaud..... .-..
 The Coming Revolutions
 in England ..,....... lGrHnNAN AND MoRRIs Principles of Social JoNAs, A ~-Ecporlrr and Socialist, Gopagrs, aU iuttrN lnW explaining the auns and objects tf Socialism ..........,.,,,. 10 JoYNEs J. L.-Suciali>t tatrrhtsm, 2i
 pages ... ..,.,. ...- .e5
 Socialist Rhymes ldpagcs, .0a knororErN rrrN An Appeal [" the .. Nuuug.... ...... .,., .......,.,... .tH lAsAlLE, FlRpl>A>p-rhe Worldngmens Programme, u paguS...,. ...... ...,..... ,2u NJ AEEIAuE, the Future of Ky q respectable Woman, lunduu E pages x vols .... 10 MARK. kAnL-~W WAgcIahur and capital,
 crown. 1G mo +N pages, 10
 Extracts from "kApital". 10 MAHX. ENGGL's. .Communi>tir Mnnfesto... 10 My Pru INru FBEEruurGug \ Partial M tuhlugraphy uf H Frcethjut ,r..... ih MORTON JnIlN The AustralHu Labor Mar kt; startling disclosures . ... ..... .05 $rENcrE, uu Socialism. ........ .. ..... n1 SuclAtIsrtc rEACrs, per ltn ,...,.,.,.. .... 90 SOCIALISM MADE PLAIN ~3tst thousand, per i00, S30O ...... ..-. ..... ... .... .01 SOCIALISM AND ANAECmsM AntagUuiStic OppuStcS ...,.... ...,......,....... .05 SuEGE Socialism and the Workers ,0) TuErIFAII. Address to the Trade Union Congress iSS1. London. ..........., -. .05 TnF FArrs AHo, rms lNsNrLnTEp- Anap- peal and d Warning, hy Ono of the Middlc.t lass S>..............,..... ......., .05 Any of the above works can he had at the office ut the National Executive Board. W. L. RossNRElu3 Secretary, IF First avenue New York CitY
Workmen's advocate., 1887-01-29
NEW PUBLICATIONS.

The Co-opeuijre Ne,rs of ADteriea is q neat little paper which it is proposed to issue monthly in the interest of Cooper ation. Published by the Sociologic So- ciety of America. This society also pub fishes q book of rules for Retail CO.opera- tive Stores, ClG pp, price, S3 per lOO) through its General Secretary, Mrs. Lita Barney Sayles, kilIingly, Conn.
 EnnW LcSSD,3 n Sociniism is the title of d pamphlet by W. II. Benson, Philadel- phia, Published by the author, l3l pp,, price ccntsl A series of short essays upon q number of subjects that are more or less connected with social science. The pamphlet is not happily named, and might mlslead those Wno are in search of scientific eXpOsItiOns.
 Thc ChristdW S0cudiSt, published in London, England, comes to us as the or gan of of the Christian Socialist Society. hi their announcement of the new func- ton of the papers the editors say; "We have to confront nearly the whole body of our fellow-C ChristianB-past0rsa and peo- pie all-to try to convince them that they are wrong in seeking to perpetuate a sys- temWhich isiOn the face Ofitanti-C Christian; wrong in tolerating evils which are fla grant, simply because they are hoary with age; wrong in putting eNpedicncy before justice, m ignoring, indeed, com pIetely what justice really means; and wrong in laying the tlattering unction to their souls that the continued failure to do justly can be atoned for by the occa- siona! indulgence in d spurious charity y
Workmen's advocate., 1887-01-29
LABOR LOST,

A captious critic in Boston contem- orary wants the WoRKMEN's ADVOCATE , note his translation of the Ronaic ord " Arden" the name of Greek ewspaper, under the supposltion that te had translated it wrong in our issue f November 2S, last. But we did not tempt to translateit W"don't pretend ! a knowledge of modern Greek. The vord "Labor" in parcnth",iS, following he name "Arden" was q careless and upcrluous repetition, designed to note ne character of the paper It was not
 ecessary to break our heads over thr leaning of "Arden," for the editor of nat paper wrote us d letter in good Eng sh, explaining the meaning of the word 'hich, by the way, does not agree pre-. isely with the one given by our captions rite assisted by "onr of thr finest IIrI
 nists ill New England.
Workmen's advocate., 1887-01-29
r. ihc l'0rL,mcHS 1drOruic,

TO Hc l'0rLmcH's ldrOcuic:
 The miners of StuncborO have had a strike, and they 'yc won it. Iis the first time the workers have registered a yic- tory for years in thsplace. The advance secured 5 from so tO 70 cents for mining and thc day hands have an advance of about thirteen per cent.
 The value of organization could be perceived throughout the strike at the strikc-mcetinEs. Those who belonged to the organization and WirHlH the meet iugy of the same regularly, could almost without exception talk to the point be- fore the meeting, while such as have mo use for organization or who did not belong for other cause (1, and those who dO belong, but who rarely ever attended d meeting, were continually raising side issues, and introducing something foreign to the matter immediately in hand, thus causing almost perpetual confusion. Had it not been that the condition of the coal market imperatiyely urged the company to operate their mines, the aC- ton of these colfusioni5ts would likely have cost the workers their victory.
 Gentlemen; the present ia a good tune to join the organization Induce your friends and acquaintanCes to. send in their names, and let every one attend alI meetings regularly, and then it will be- no trouble to conduct meeting in an orderly, harmonious and parliamentary manner. Besides, you will become bet ter acquainted with one another, and you're not so likely to become offended at something which has been said but was not intended to offend. Show this to your ueiRhbor, get him to join the Knights, and to read the WoRKMEN'S ADVOCATE. FraternalIy,
 X. C. GRAUIn
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COMMUNICATIONS.

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